Shane is cooking on YouTube! By Shane Pinnegar You know I’m a chef as well as a writer, right? Right! Well, I’ve started making some cooking videos while in isolation. You can find them on my Chef Shane YouTube channel here – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtiUWbhXjLOLWohTUsEClqQ I’ll be honest – they are decidedly lo-fi, fast n’ furious, unscripted...
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THOUGHTS ON EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION AND BEING KINDER TO YOURSELF
THOUGHTS ON EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION AND BEING KINDER TO YOURSELF By Shane Pinnegar Self-isolation – quarantine, even. For many of us, there will never be a greater gift. We have been handed a golden ticket on a platter. Stay indoors. Focus on family and home. Some of us will still be getting paid. Some of us...
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THE 31-DAY SONG CHALLENGE – PART I of III
THE 31-DAY SONG CHALLENGE – PART I of III By Shane Pinnegar I’ve noticed a few friends doing a 28- or 30- or 31-Day Song challenge, so I decided to rise to the challenge. I’m rubbish at remembering to do such things every day, so here it is condensed into three blocks of ten(ish) –...
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HOW JEFFREY HOAD GOT ME LISTENING TO LUX & IVY’s WEIRDEST FAVORITES!
HOW JEFFREY HOAD GOT ME LISTENING TO LUX & IVY’s WEIRDEST FAVORITES! By Shane Pinnegar MEETS Back in the olden days, when holidays and socialising were a thing (2015, kids), I interviewed ex-Kings Of The Sun frontman Jeffrey Hoad, and struck up a fine friendship with the man and his lovely wife Melanie. In the...
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VALE TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR
VALE TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR By Shane Pinnegar I am sincerely devastated. The Goodies meant so much to me – these three surreal comics, masters of rapid-fire gags, physical slapstick visual comedy, anarchic social and political commentary and the ancient martial art Ecky-Thump (which involved bludgeoning your opponent with a black pudding) practically brought me up in...
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DON’T BE FOOLED!
DON’T BE FOOLED! By Shane Pinnegar I think it is amazing and wonderful that our Australian government are contradicting some of the core elements of its principals in order to provide “stimulus” (aka handouts, which are normally an anathema to the right wing Liberals) during this Covidpocalypse. It is a move which should be loudly...
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We’re Getting A New Family Member Tomorrow!!
We’re Getting A New Family Member Tomorrow!! By Shane Pinnegar We’re getting a new puppy tomorrow!! So Excited – she is a 10 week (or 12?? Lady Boomboom will know) – sharpie/bitzer, and completely adorable, very friendly and inquisitive and playful (much like me… sometimes!) Boomboom has chosen (it’s her turn and I am completely...
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THE NEW JOBKEEPER PAYMENT – WILL WE BE ELIGIBLE?
THE NEW JOBKEEPER PAYMENT – WILL WE BE ELIGIBLE? By Shane Pinnegar Tomorrow is an important day for many Australians – for many of my freelancer and sole trader friends. Tomorrow our government debate the proposed JobKeeper allowance, which will apparently pay every eligible employee (through their employers) $1500 a fortnight for the duration of...
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JADA: MOUNTAIN WARRIOR – NOW ON SPECIAL!
JADA: MOUNTAIN WARRIOR – NOW ON SPECIAL! There’s no denying it, the world has gone crazy. This is once in a lifetime stuff (hopefully), and we are (or should be, Mr Prime Minister) all in full lockdown mode for the foreseeable future. While we’re there, we need stimulation, so I have dropped the price of...
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Sure, I’m idealistic – a dreamer, if you like. But I am dreaming of something better.
Sure, I’m idealistic – a dreamer, if you like. But I am dreaming of something better. Perhaps now is the perfect time – the only chance we will EVER get – to stop putting our governments, and the banks, and corporations first. I guarantee they’re not thinking about you and me, except as fuel for...